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Atlanta, GA, May 1, 2020—National, state and local governments partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to convert 250,000 square feet of the Miami Beach Convention Center—nearly the size of five football fields—into a temporary field hospital.
Chicago, IL, May 1, 2020—Safeharbor, a floorcovering estimating platform for commercial construction, and Spec-Intel, an automated commercial product data company, have integrated platforms to save flooring contractors valuable time and reduce the liability of manual data entry.
Long Island, NY, May 1, 2020—After 18 years as Lane Sales, Inc. the company has rebranded as LSI Flooring.
Washington, DC, April 30, 2020—Personal income decreased $382.1 billion (2.0%) in March, according to estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Bedford, MA, April 30, 2020—In order to better understand the degree of impact and biggest concerns that the construction industry has about the COVID-19 crisis, Dodge Data & Analytics conducted a survey of 172 contractors across the U.S. from March 19 to March 31.
Washington, DC, April 30, 2020—In the week ending April 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployement claims was 3,839,000, a decrease of 603,000 from the previous week's revised level, according to the Department of Labor.
Sassuolo, IT, April 30, 2020—After resuming the shipment of finished products on April 3, Italian ceramic companies are now restarting production activities.
Washington, DC, April 30, 2020—Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.8%, seasonally adjusted, for the three-month period ending in March 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Deerfield Beach, FL, April 30, 2020—Mapei has announced that SCS Global Services has issued its Indoor Advantage Gold certification for indoor air quality for over 255 of Mapei's products (in the U.S.) for low VOC emissions in various categories including architectural coatings, sealants and adhesives.
Chattanooga, TN, April 30, 2020—Xpress Global Systems (XGS) is launching a program to assist qualifying floorcovering retailers across the country who have been negatively impacted by COVID-19.